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  • 4:35 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 4:25 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics: Dinner for Two

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:05
  • 4:06 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    16:59
  • 4:01 AM

    Ian Jones, piano

    4:41
  • 3:47 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 3:19 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet

    26:37
  • 3:13 AM

    Souvenirs: Two-Step and Galop

    Samuel Barber

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Schenck, conductor

    4:20
  • 3:06 AM

    Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)

    Claude Debussy

    Paul Crossley, piano

    5:42
  • 3:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:48 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:45
  • 2:23 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Bruch, Dvorak: Violin Concertos

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    23:47
  • 2:19 AM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar

    2:03
  • 2:06 AM

    Serenade and Allegro giocoso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    12:36
  • 2:01 AM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass

    Mark Ridenour, conductor

    4:50
  • 1:54 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Roxanna Panufnik

    Pembroke College Girls' Choir

    Anna Lapwood, conductor

    Owen Saldanha, piano

    4:05
  • 1:17 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite

    Ferde Grofe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    36:08
  • 1:10 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: The Sleep of Juliet

    Charles Gounod

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:17
  • 1:06 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Little Tin Box

    The 5 Browns

    3:15
  • 1:01 AM

    Total Tango

    David Matthews

    Orchestra Nova

    George Vass, conductor

    4:40
  • 12:52 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:07
  • 12:17 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    33:05
  • 12:15 AM

    The White Moth

    Harriet Ware

    Nasty Women: Piano Music in the Age of Women's Suffrage

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    1:15
  • 12:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    David Reichenberg, oboe

    7:58
  • 12:01 AM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    4:34
  • 11:51 PM

    Six Ricercars on a Theme of F.C. da Milano

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 11:40 PM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    11:03
  • 11:15 PM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    22:32
  • 11:11 PM

    The Lion King: Can You Feel the Love Tonight

    Elton John

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:34
  • 11:06 PM

    Hungarian Dances: Selected

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    4:35
  • 11:01 PM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 10:50 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    8:00
  • 10:37 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    13:04
  • 10:19 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    15:39
  • 10:14 PM

    Popular Brazilian Songs: Pacoca

    Celso Machado

    Charke-Cormier Duo

    3:10
  • 10:06 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:28
  • 10:01 PM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Serafin String Quartet

    4:35
  • 9:50 PM

    Symphony No. 39: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:56
  • 9:45 PM

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:15
  • 9:36 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 9:31 PM

    Candide: Make Our Garden Grow

    Leonard Bernstein

    The Green Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:46
  • 9:18 PM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:13
  • 9:06 PM

    Seattle Baroque Orchestra

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    12:00
  • 9:03 PM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:34
  • 8:49 PM

    Suite Rococo

    Andre Gretry

    I Fiamminghi

    France Springuel, cello

    9:50
  • 8:24 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 8:16 PM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 10 "La caccia" ("The Hunt")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:42
  • 8:12 PM

    Autumn Crocus

    Billy Mayerl

    Bats In The Belfry: Billy Mayerl Vol. 2

    Eric Parkin, piano

    2:33
  • 8:06 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:53
  • 8:01 PM

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:35
  • 5:43 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Baroque Trumpet Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    15:14
  • 5:19 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi's Rome

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:45
  • 5:15 PM

    El Tragalochas

    Isaias Alvarado

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    1:47
  • 5:07 PM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Lille National Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    8:29
  • 5:01 PM

    Four Sketches: Legend

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:48
  • 4:51 PM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 4:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    33:57
  • 4:13 PM

    Suite for Viol: Rigaudon

    Marin Marais

    Palladian Ensemble

    1:23
  • 4:07 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 4:01 PM

    Requiebros

    Gaspar Cassado

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:48
  • 3:53 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes and Mazurkas

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    5:28
  • 3:15 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:10
  • 3:09 PM

    Neopolitan Galliard

    Antonio Valente

    Hesperion XX

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    4:20
  • 3:06 PM

    Carmen: March of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Mad About the Classics

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:07
  • 3:01 PM

    Scholastic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:49
  • 2:56 PM

    Italian Concerto: III

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rafal, Blechacz, piano

    2:00
  • 2:52 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:00
  • 2:22 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race"

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphony No. 2/ Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    29:13
  • 2:02 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Scandinavian String Music

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    19:02
  • 1:58 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    1:59
  • 1:49 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms and Joachim Violin Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    8:35
  • 1:44 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: A Spring

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage I (Suisse)

    Ksenia Nosikova, piano

    3:44
  • 1:36 PM

    Fall River Legend: Church Social and Cotillion

    Morton Gould

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    7:05
  • 1:30 PM

    Song of a Czech

    Antonin Dvorak

    Song of a Czech: Dvorak and Janacek for Men's Voices

    Cantus

    4:26
  • 1:22 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Accordion": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ying String Quartet

    6:57
  • 1:19 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    2:53
  • 1:10 PM

    3 Dances

    William Byrd

    Gypsy's Round

    Buffalo Guitar Quartet

    5:17
  • 1:05 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol III

    Yaara Tal, piano

    4:45
  • 12:53 PM

    Cape Breton Concerto: Finale

    Brian Packham

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    4:21
  • 12:45 PM

    Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:34 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    9:57
  • 12:29 PM

    The Temple of Glory: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau: Le Temple de la Gloire

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    3:59
  • 12:18 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 12:12 PM

    New London Chamber Choir

    James Wood, conductor

    4:54
  • 12:04 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:43
  • 11:53 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:48 AM

    Giselle: selections

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:42 AM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Robert Schumann

    Elias String Quartet

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:43
  • 11:31 AM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:11
  • 11:21 AM

    Flute Sonata No. 3

    Anna Bon di Venezia

    Sabine Dreier, transverse flute

    Irene Hegen, square piano

    9:30
  • 11:16 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 2nd movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    3:14
  • 11:09 AM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Raphael Alpermann, organ

    6:00
  • 11:04 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    3:44
  • 10:51 AM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:35
  • 10:41 AM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 93, 96, & 98

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    8:46
  • 10:26 AM

    Six Promenades

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    14:03
  • 10:22 AM

    Two pieces from Temple Fair

    Zu-Xin Jiang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:42
  • 10:11 AM

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    9:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Dreams of a World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    4:09
  • 10:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:25
  • 9:44 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:13
  • 9:30 AM

    Abdelazar: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    12:23
  • 9:17 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:28
  • 9:06 AM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:16
  • 9:01 AM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: "Dished Up for Piano" Volume One

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:46
  • 8:28 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Dover Quartet

    30:08
  • 8:18 AM

    Zarabanda Lejana

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    9:22
  • 8:06 AM

    Trumpet Voluntary Suite

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Rule Brittania

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    10:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Leaving Capri

    Tonu Korvits

    Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    4:35
  • 7:43 AM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    15:10
  • 7:38 AM

    Gustavus Adolphus II: Elegy

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 5 Etc.

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:08
  • 7:22 AM

    Piano Trio "Elegiaque" No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Piano Trios

    Lang Lang, piano

    14:49
  • 7:06 AM

    Lemminkainen and the Maidens of Saari

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22 (original versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    15:15
  • 7:01 AM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Short Stories - Music For Harp Duo By Carlos Salzedo

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    4:37
  • 6:32 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra

    Laszlo G. Horvath, conductor

    26:13
  • 6:28 AM

    From the Southland Suite: A New Hiding-Place

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    3:15
  • 6:06 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gilbert Varga, conductor

    Sophie Rolland, cello

    20:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:33
  • 5:47 AM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:51
  • 5:27 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 5:06 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    18:35
  • 5:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39